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Christian Counselling's Study and Approach based on Rizzuto's God's Image Theory - Preliminary study on the Development of God's Image's Transformation Model -

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2016, 24(2), pp.183-219
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2016.24.2.183
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : September 30, 2016
  • Accepted : November 1, 2016

shim jung yeon 1

1총신대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to analyze Rizzuto's God's image theory in order to suggest God's image's applications to Christian counseling. In order to achieve this research goal, this article explained Rizzuto's God's image theory and God's image in Bible. With the perspective God's image in Bible, this study analyzed the limitation and usefulness of Rizzuto's theory. Then specific applications were suggested to Christian Counseling. According to understanding God's image revealed by God's works of creation and redemption in Bible, Rizzuto's theory suggest limitations and usefulness as follows: the limitations of Rizzuto's theory were that she considered only cognitive dimensions of God without thinking God's Deity and the complete Humanity of Christ and regard God as a 'transitional object' a kind of illusion. Moreover, her theory has a dangerous element to be adhere a specific God' image. Nevertheless, her theory gave various useful counseling ideas and insights such as a systemic methodology of God's image's diagnosis, importance of exploring parent's image when a counselor searched one's God's image, dynamics of self-focused sin and mental illness. Based on these findings, this study suggested three applications to Christian counseling: a systemic and complex diagnosis method of God's image, God's image's transformation based on God's image in Bible, and spiritual relationships with God, Christian counselors, church community and family members.

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